Dreams

Dreams | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 22, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Scorpio
• ASIN: B000005MQK
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #42,226 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Devil Lady

2. 15 Miles To Provo

3. The Maryanne

4. Holli Be Home

5. Try Me

6. Dream Suite: Asset Stop/Jane/Crunchy/Grenola

7. New York

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An Important Jazz/Rock Recording makes it to CD, September 16, 2002

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"jazzmanblue" (New York City, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dreams (Audio CD)

I bought this album on LP in early 1971, and it has proven to be an interesting document in the history of Jazz/Rock. A reflection of the open minded musical attitude that existed at the time, Dreams takes the sophisticated and more loosely structured horn charts and solos of Jazz and places them over a rock oriented rhythm section. The results are always listenable, never boring, and often surprising. All of the pieces contain musical subtleties that make this recording special. Certainly, many of the ideas expressed here were well above those expressed by Chicago and BS&T, yet the music is just as accessible.

The individual musicians were just beginning to stylistically assert themselves at the time. John Abercrombie's brief but eclectic guitar breaks (Devil Lady, for instance) are a hint of what was to come in his own later recordings on ECM, and Randy Brecker's trumpet and fleuglehorn fills embellish pieces like Holli be Home and 15 Miles To Provo very nicely. Billy Cobham shows his powerful style on the drum kit (however restrained) that caught the attention of John Mclaughlin and later led to his gig with the Mahavishnu Orchestra.

Please Note:
It has been my experience over the years that those who listen to jazz exclusively do not really enjoy this recording, but those who listen to both Rock and Jazz enjoy it immensely. Dreams was the best expression of Jazz/Rock in the pre-fusion era here in the States. (IF was doing quite well in this regard on the British end.) As such, it is a fine document of the Jazz/Rock scene circa 1970, and one that remains, after all of these years, a favorite in my collection.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars a must for early jazz rock fans of breckers and billy cobham, June 3, 1999

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This review is from: Dreams (Audio CD)

this mostly live studio album was done in the early 70's. DREAMS is an inovative album by the young BRECKER BROS.(michael barely 19, randy formerly of B,S&T). It has great horn licks and catchy songs. The second side is an unbelievable, energetic drum solo by the classic BILLY COBHAM and wild, frantic sax solo by MICHAEL. This is a must have album for early horn band afficianados!!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Collective improvisation, February 19, 2003

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Dean L. Surkin (Bronxville, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dreams (Audio CD)

I first heard this album in about 1970, when it first came out. I was so impressed I saw the band twice in one week at the Village Gate. Even though they did the same set list, the songs were very different with each performance.
A listener gets the same feeling when playing the album--the musicians were improvising a lot of the riffs; there's a freedom to the playing that's different from most jazz-rock bands of the early 1970s.
Michael Brecker on saxophone is nothing short of amazing on "Asset Stop." Billy Cobham on drums changed my concepts of what a drummer could do in jazz-rock.
The sound on the original LP is a little unclear as the band gets louder (a lot of it was recorded live in the studio), but the overall sound is still great.
Liner notes and credits on this CD re-issue are non-existant.